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What:	Local memorial erected in 1834
Where:	Gateway at the end of the drive to Farmhill Park
Then:	Built by staunch abolitionist, Henry Wyatt (who owned Farmhill Park) to commemorate the abolition of Slavery
Now:	Although the Arch was under threat of demolition in 1959, it has now been restored and a book "Stroud versus Slavery" has been published to commemorate Stroud's part in the campaign

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